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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
`THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`PARUS HOLDINGS INC.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. _______
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM, INC.
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`COMPLAINT
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Parus Holdings Inc. (“Parus” or “Plaintiff”) files this complaint for patent
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`infringement against Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon” or “Defendant”) for infringement
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`of U.S. Patent No. 7,516,190 (“the ’190 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 9,377,992 (“the ’992 patent”),
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`and U.S. Patent No. 10,320,981 (“the ’981 patent”) (collectively the “patents-in-suit”), pursuant
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`to 35 U.S.C. § 271 (copies of the patents-in-suit are attached as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively).
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`PARTIES
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`2.
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`Plaintiff Parus Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place
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`of business at 3000 Lakeside Drive, Suite 110S, Bannockburn, IL 60015.
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`3.
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`Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. is a company organized and existing under the laws
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`of the State of Delaware with a principal place of business located at 410 Terry Avenue North,
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`Seattle, Washington 98109-5210. Amazon may be served via its registered agent, Corporation
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`Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808.
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`4.
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`The patents-in-suit are infringed by Amazon’s Alexa devices and associated
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`servers, including for example those identified in Section V and all structurally/functionally similar
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`devices.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`5.
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`This is an action for patent infringement under the patent laws of the United States,
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`35 U.S.C. §271. This court has federal jurisdiction of such federal question claims pursuant to 28
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`U.S.C. §§1331 and 1338(a).
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`6.
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`The Court has personal jurisdiction over Amazon consistent with the requirements
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`of the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution and the Delaware Long-Arm Statute.
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`Amazon has regularly and systematically transacted business in Delaware, directly or through
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`subsidiaries or intermediaries, and/or committed acts of patent infringement in Delaware as alleged
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`more particularly below. Amazon has placed infringing products into the stream of commerce by
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`shipping those products into Delaware or knowing that the products would be shipped into
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`Delaware.
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`7.
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`Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400(b) because,
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`among other things, Amazon has transacted business in the District of Delaware and has committed
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`acts of direct infringement in the District of Delaware.
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`BACKGROUND
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`8.
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`Since its founding, Parus has offered a robust diversity of products and services to
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`customers in a wide variety of markets. Parus’ products and services have included audio and
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`video conferencing, email management, voice messaging, polling and transcription, IM/presence,
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`collaboration, softphone, and virtual assistant solutions and services. For example, ParusOne
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`provides voice-response technology solutions for customers and other users to manage
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`communication technology used for business from laptops, mobile phones, and home offices to
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`answer calls, handle voice mails, faxes and emails, schedule meetings, and establish conference
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`calls. ParusOffice enables small businesses to channel their various phone communications
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`through one main number. ParusSpeak provides interactive voice response solutions for companies
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`that need business process automation, as well as automated name, address, and caller feedback
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`capture. ParusMobile provides worldwide group messaging for direct selling organizations, mobile
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`professionals, and small business customers. Parus’ customers have included businesses in
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`network marketing, manufacturing, financial services, retail, healthcare, customer care, and direct
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`response industries. Parus has had dozens of customers in this judicial district.
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`9.
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`Parus’ systems have also received accolades from the industry, including some of
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`the most preeminent awards in the CRM, call center, and teleservice fields. For example, ParusOne
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`was named the 2007 Product of the Year by both Internet Telephony and from Unified
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`Communications; Parus Marketing Campaign Manager was named the 2007 Product of the Year
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`by Customer Interaction Solutions; and Webley MD Reminders was named the Product of the
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`Year in both 2009 and 2010 by Customer Interaction Solutions.
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`THE ASSERTED PATENTS
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`10.
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`On April 7, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent
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`No. 7,516,190, the ’190 patent, entitled “Personal Voice-Based Information Retrieval System,”
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`after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the assignee of all rights, title, and interest in and to the
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`’190 patent and possesses all rights of recovery under the ’190 patent, including the right to recover
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`damages for present, past, and future infringement. The ’190 patent expired on May 10, 2022, but,
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 286, Plaintiff is entitled to recover damages for any infringement by
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`Amazon committed less than six years prior to the filing of this Complaint. A true and correct copy
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`of the ’190 patent is attached as Exhibit A. The ’190 patent is valid and enforceable.
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`11.
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`On June 28, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,377,992, the ’992 patent, entitled “Personal Voice-Based Information Retrieval System,”
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`after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the assignee of all rights, title, and interest in and to the
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`’992 patent and possesses all rights of recovery under the ’992 patent, including the right to recover
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`damages for present, past, and future infringement. The ’992 patent expired on November 16,
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`2022, but, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 286, Plaintiff is entitled to recover damages for any infringement
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`by Amazon committed less than six years prior to the filing of this Complaint. A true and correct
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`copy of the ’992 patent is attached as Exhibit B. The ’992 patent is valid and enforceable.
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`12.
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`On June 11, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent
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`No. 10,320,981, the ’981 patent, entitled “Personal Voice-Based Information Retrieval System,”
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`after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the assignee of all rights, title, and interest in and to the
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`’981 patent and possesses all rights of recovery under the ’981 patent, including the right to recover
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`damages for present, past, and future infringement. The ’981 patent expired on February 6, 2021,
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`but, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 286, Plaintiff is entitled to recover damages for any infringement by
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`Amazon committed less than six years prior to the filing of this Complaint. A true and correct copy
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`of the ’981 patent is attached as Exhibit C. The ’981 patent is valid and enforceable.
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`CLAIMS FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`13.
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`In the interest of providing detailed averments of infringement, Plaintiff has
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`identified below at least one claim per patent-in-suit to demonstrate infringement by at least one
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`product. However, the selection of claims and products below should not be considered limiting,
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`and infringement by Amazon by way of additional claims of the patents-in-suit and additional
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`products will be disclosed in compliance with the Court’s rules related to infringement contentions
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`and/or discovery. The allegations provided below are exemplary and without prejudice to
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`Plaintiff’s infringement contentions to be provided pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order, local
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`rules, and/or discovery procedures. Plaintiff’s claim construction contentions regarding the
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`meaning and scope of the claim terms will be provided under the Court’s scheduling order, local
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`rules, and/or discovery procedures. As detailed below, each element of at least one claim of each
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`of the patents-in-suit is literally present in at least one accused product. To the extent that any
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`element is not literally present, each such element is present under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`Plaintiff’s analysis below should not be taken as an admission and/or contention that the preamble
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`for any claim is or is not limiting. While publicly available information is cited below, Plaintiff
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`may rely on other forms of evidence to show infringement.
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`14.
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`The accused products include at least the following smart speaker products
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`incorporating Amazon’s Alexa from 2017 to the present, as well as products with reasonably
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`similar functionality and all varieties of these products. Specific identification of the accused
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`products will be provided in plaintiff’s infringement contentions pursuant to the Court’s
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`scheduling order, local rules, and/or discovery procedures.
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` Echo (all generations);
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` Echo dot (all generations);
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` Amazon Tap;
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` Echo Look;
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` Echo Show;
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` Echo Spot;
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` Echo Plus;
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` Echo Flex; and
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` Echo Auto.
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`15.
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`Amazon has directly and indirectly infringed the patents-in-suit by having engaged
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`in acts constituting infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), including but not necessarily limited
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`to one or more of making, using, selling and offering to sell, in this district and elsewhere in the
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`United States, and importing into and exporting from the United States, the accused products or
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`components thereof.
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`16.
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`Amazon has had knowledge of the patents-in-suit since prior to the date of this
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`Complaint.
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`17.
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`Amazon’s acts of infringement have caused damage to Parus. Parus is entitled to
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`recover from Amazon the damages sustained by Parus as a result of Amazon’s wrongful acts in an
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`amount subject to proof at trial.
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`COUNT ONE: PATENT INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’190 PATENT
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`18.
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`Parus incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully stated herein.
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`19.
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`Claim 1 of the ’190 patent is reproduced below:
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`1. A method for allowing users to use speech commands to obtain
`information from a pre-defined portion of a pre-selected web site in
`audio format, said method comprising the steps of:
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`(a) providing a computer having a speech processor, said computer
`being operatively connected to the internet and to at least one phone;
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`(b) providing a URL to said computer, said URL indicating a pre-
`selected web site from which the information is to be retrieved;
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`(c) using said computer to designate a pre-defined portion of the pre-
`selected web site which contains the information to be retrieved;
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`(d) using said computer to identify a named object associated with the
`content of the information to be retrieved;
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`(e) using said computer to generate a regular expression based on said
`pre-defined portion of said pre-selected web site and said named object,
`said regular expression corresponding to said content of said
`information to be retrieved, wherein said regular expression is a text
`string used for describing a search pattern;
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`(f) providing a speech command to said speech processor, said speech
`command corresponding to said regular expression;
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`(g) said speech processor converting said speech command to a digital-
`form command;
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`(h) said computer receiving said digital-form command from said
`speech processor, said computer assigning said regular expression to
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`(i) after steps (a) through (h) are completed, transmitting an audio
`speech command to said speech processor, said speech command
`corresponding to said regular expression;
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`(j) said speech processor converting said speech command to said
`digital-form command;
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`(k) said computer receiving said digital-form command from said
`speech processor;
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`(l) said computer retrieving said regular expression corresponding to
`said digital-form command;
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`(m) said computer retrieving the information from the pre-defined
`portion of the pre-selected web site corresponding to said regular
`expression when the requested information is found in the pre-defined
`portion of the pre-selected website;
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`(n) said computer searching said pre-selected web site for said named
`object when the requested information is not found in the pre-defined
`portion of the pre-selected web site;
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`(o) said computer providing said retrieved information to said speech
`processor;
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`(p) said speech processor converting said retrieved information into an
`audio message; and
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`(q) said speech processor forwarding said audio message to a user.
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`20.
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`Using its accused products, Amazon performed a method for allowing users to use
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`speech commands to obtain information from a pre-defined portion of a pre-selected web site in
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`audio format as specified by claim 1. Amazon accused products used to infringe claim 1 (and/or
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`any other claims in the patent) are herein collectively the “’190 accused products.” In the
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`following, infringement by way of an Amazon Echo device is illustrated to provide non-limiting
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`examples of Amazon’s infringement of the ’190 patent.
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`21.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 begins, “A method for allowing users to use speech
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`commands to obtain information from a pre-defined portion of a pre-selected web site in audio
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`format, said method comprising the steps of.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon performed this
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`method using Amazon Echo smart speaker devices.
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`22.
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`The Amazon Alexa system included the Alexa cloud based service and at least one
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`Alexa compatible remote device such as the Amazon Echo smart speaker. The Amazon Alexa
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`system performed a method for allowing users to use speech commands to obtain information from
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`a pre-defined portion of a pre-selected web site in audio format.
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235237/https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa
`(Internet archive, Sep. 2019).
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20200817142721/https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-
`skills-kit/get-deeper (Internet archive, Mar. 2020)
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20160131082954/http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-SK705DI-
`Echo/dp/B00X4WHP5E (Internet archive, Jun. 2015)
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`Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVZ2hvNVfo
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`23.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (a), “(a) providing a computer
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`having a speech processor, said computer being operatively connected to the internet and to at least
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`one phone.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon provided a computer having a speech processor,
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`said computer being operatively connected to the internet and to at least one phone that operated
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`with the Alexa Echo smart speakers.
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`24.
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`For example, as shown below, the Amazon Alexa system included a computer
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`having a speech processor in the form of the Alexa Voice Service. The Amazon Alexa system
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`was also accessible by a phone application.
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20160131082954/http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-SK705DI-
`Echo/dp/B00X4WHP5E (Internet archive, Jun. 2015)
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015825/https://developer.amazon.com/en-
`US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/understanding-custom-skills.html (Internet archive Nov. 2020)
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201030024213/https://developer.amazon.com/en-
`US/docs/alexa/flashbriefing/steps-to-create-a-flash-briefing-skill.html (Internet archive Nov.
`2020)
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`25.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (b), “(b) providing a URL to
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`said computer, said URL indicating a pre-selected web site from which the information is to be
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`retrieved.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon provided a URL to the computer described above,
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`said URL indicating a pre-selected web site from which the information is to be retrieved.
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`26.
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`For example, a skill developer provided a URL to the Amazon Alexa system that
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`indicated a pre-selected web site where information was be retrieved. For example, the Tide Pool
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`skill
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`retrieved a portion of
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`the
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`information
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`from
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`the web
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`site at
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`the URL
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`http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/. Amazon similarly acted as a skill developer for its own Amazon-
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`created skills.
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015825/https://developer.amazon.com/en-
`US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/understanding-custom-skills.html (Internet archive Nov. 2020)
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`27.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (c), “(c) using said computer
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`to designate a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site which contains the information to
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`be retrieved.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon used the computer described above to designate
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`a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site which contains the information to be retrieved.
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`28.
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`For example, a skill developer provided code/instructions to the Amazon Alexa
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`system that designated a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site which contained the
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`information to be retrieved. The Tide Pool skill accesses a portion of the web site at
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`http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/. Amazon similarly acted as a skill developer for its own Amazon-
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`29.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (d), “(d) using said computer
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`to identify a named object associated with the content of the information to be retrieved.” As non-
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`limiting examples, Amazon used the computer described above to identify a named object
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`associated with the content of the information to be retrieved.
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`30.
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`On information and belief, a skill developer (such as the Tide Pool skill developer)
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`provided code/instructions to the Amazon Alexa system that identified a named object associated
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`with the content of the information to be retrieved. Amazon similarly acted as a skill developer for
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`its own Amazon-created skills.
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`31.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (e), “(e) using said computer
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`to generate a regular expression based on said pre-defined portion of said pre-selected web site
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`and said named object, said regular expression corresponding to said content of said information
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`to be retrieved, wherein said regular expression is a text string used for describing a search pattern.”
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`As non-limiting examples, Amazon used the computer described above to generate a regular
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`expression based on said pre-defined portion of said pre-selected web site and said named object,
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`said regular expression corresponding to said content of said information to be retrieved, wherein
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`said regular expression is a text string used for describing a search pattern.
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`32.
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`On information and belief, a skill developer, such as at Amazon, provided
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`code/instructions to the Amazon Alexa system that generated and used a regular expression
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`associated with the content of the information to be retrieved.
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`33.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (f), “(f) providing a speech
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`command to said speech processor, said speech command corresponding to said regular
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`expression.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon provided a speech command to said speech
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`processor, said speech command corresponding to said regular expression.
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`34.
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`For example, a skill developer at Amazon provided sample utterances. On
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`information and belief, the sample utterances corresponded to said regular expression.
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`35.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (g), “(g) said speech processor
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`converting said speech command to a digital-form command.” As non-limiting examples,
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`Amazon’s speech processor converted said speech command to a digital-form command.
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`36.
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`For example, a skill developer provided intents as a digital-form command.
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015825/https://developer.amazon.com/en-
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`37.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (h), “(h) said computer
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`receiving said digital-form command from said speech processor, said computer assigning said
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`regular expression to said digital-form command.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon’s computer
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`received said digital-form command from said speech processor, and said computer assigned said
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`regular expression to said digital-form command.
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`38.
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`On information and belief, Amazon assigned the Amazon Alexa regular expression
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`to a digital form command.
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`39.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (i), “(i) after steps (a) through
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`(h) are completed, transmitting an audio speech command to said speech processor, said speech
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`command corresponding to said regular expression.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon, after
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`having completed steps (a) through (h), transmitted an audio speech command to said speech
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`processor, said speech command corresponding to said regular expression.
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`40.
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`On information and belief, an Amazon Alexa speech command corresponded to
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`said regular expression. For example, the user request (speech command) was transmitted to the
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`41.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (j), “(j) said speech processor
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`converting said speech command to said digital-form command.” As non-limiting examples,
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`Amazon’s speech processor converted said speech command to said digital-form command.
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`42.
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`For example, the Amazon intents were a digital-form command.
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`43.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (k), “(k) said computer
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`receiving said digital-form command from said speech processor.” As non-limiting examples,
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`Amazon’s computer received said digital-form command from said speech processor.
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`44.
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`For example, the Amazon intents were a digital-form command.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (l), “(l) said computer
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`retrieving said regular expression corresponding to said digital-form command.” As non-limiting
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`examples, on information and belief, Amazon’s computer retrieved said regular expression
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`corresponding to said digital-form command.
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`46.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (m), “(m) said computer
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`retrieving the information from the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site corresponding
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`to said regular expression when the requested information is found in the pre-defined portion of
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`the pre-selected website.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon’s computer retrieved the
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`information from the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site corresponding to said regular
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`expression when the requested information is found in the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected
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`website.
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`47.
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`On information and belief, the Amazon Alexa system retrieved information from
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`the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site that corresponded to said regular expression.
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`The particular Alexa skill retrieved a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site.
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`49.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (n), “(n) said computer
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`searching said pre-selected web site for said named object when the requested information is not
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`found in the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site.” As non-limiting examples, on
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`information and belief, Amazon’s computer searched said pre-selected web site for said named
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`object when the requested information was not found in the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected
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`web site.
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`50.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (o), “(o) said computer
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`providing said retrieved information to said speech processor.” As non-limiting examples,
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`Amazon’s computer provided said retrieved information to said speech processor.
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`51.
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`For example, the Tide Pool skill provided the retrieved information to the AVS.
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`The API call would be an instruction
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`The Alexa skill would process the returned information from the website to
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`52.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (p), “(p) said speech processor
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`converting said retrieved information into an audio message.” As non-limiting examples,
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`Amazon’s speech processor converted said retrieved information into an audio message.
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`53.
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`The ’190 patent claim 1 further recites, in subsection (q), “(q) said speech processor
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`forwarding said audio message to a user.” As non-limiting examples, Amazon’s speech processor
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`forwarded said audio message to a user.
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`For example, the Alexa Voice Service included a speech-synthesis engine, where
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`the Alexa Voice Service converted the returned text to speech and transmitted it to the user.
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`For example, the Tide Pool skill accesses a portion of the web page at
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`http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/. Amazon similarly acted as a skill developer for its own Amazon-
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`created skills.
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015825/https://developer.amazon.com/en-
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`The above provides non-limiting examples of Amazon’s infringement of claim 1
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`of the ’190 patent. As asserted in this action, Amazon infringes additional claims in the ’190 patent,
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`COUNT TWO: PATENT INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’992 PATENT
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`58.
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`Parus incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully stated herein.
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`59.
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`Claim 1 of the ’992 patent is reproduced below:
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`1. A method for retrieving information from an information source using speech
`commands by a user provided via an electronic communication device, said
`method comprising steps of:
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`the electronic
`the user via
`receiving a speech command from
`communication device at a speech recognition engine coupled to a media
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`server, the media server configured to identify and access the information
`source via a network, wherein the speech recognition engine selects
`recognition grammar established to correspond to the speech command and
`wherein the information source is periodically updated with information;
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`selecting, by the media server, at least one appropriate information source
`retrieval instruction corresponding to the recognition grammar established
`for the speech command, wherein the at least one appropriate information
`source retrieval instruction is stored in a database associated with the server;
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`accessing, by a web browsing server, a portion of the information source
`including only a portion of information previously identified by the user of
`interest to the user by using a clipping client to separate the portion of the
`information from other information, wherein the clipping client generates a
`content descriptor file containing a description of content of the portion of
`information and wherein the content descriptor file indicates where the
`portion of the information selected is located within the information source
`and retrieving only the portion of the information according to the at least
`one appropriate information source retrieval instruction;
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`converting the information retrieved from s